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Immanuel and St. Andrew CE Primary School
Year 3 Class BulletinTerm 3 Januar 2011
Dear Parents / Carers,
I hope you all had a good Christmas Holiday. Thank you so much
for the hard work you put in helping your
children to complete their holiday homework. Many of the posters
are beautifully presented and of a very highstandard! We will be
displaying them in the classroom for visitors to see. You may have
noticed some changes inthe classroom this week. The Interactive
whiteboard and carpet area are now on the opposite side of
theclassroom. After some re-arranging of furniture, movement around
the classroom should be more straightforward.Dates for your
diary:
Tuesday 17 th January - Year Three half day trip (morning) to
Lambeth City Learning Centre (CLC) for an animation workshop.
Friday 10 th February 2012 end of Term 3. Maths workshop for
Year 3 Parents and Carers: Wednesday 25 th Jan - 08:50-09:50
Parents Evening: Wednesday 1 st February
Please feel free to speak to me in the mornings, before 08:50,
if you have any questions or concerns. You can alsomake an
appointment to see me after school or email me at:
[email protected] Kind regards,
Julia Stroud
Topics this termMaths topics to be covered this term
include:
Rounding two and three digit numbers to thenearest 10 or
100.
Using practical and written methods tomultiply and divide
two-digit numbers.
Estimating the sum or difference of 2 twodigit numbers.
Explaining how a maths problem was solved. Solving one step and
two step problems. The 4 and 6 times tables (for those who dont
already know them!) Multiplying numbers by 10 and 100. Symmetry.
Reading and writing proper fractions.
Please continue to practise the multiplication tableswith your
child on a regular basis, our times tables willnow be on
Thursdays.
Literacy
Our first unit this term is play scripts. We will belearning the
features of good play scripts and writingour own short plays for a
performance. I am hoping wemay be able to link this to the
animation work we will bedoing in ICT. This unit will develop
skills in reading withexpression, accurate sentence punctuation and
usingexpressive and powerful verbs appropriately.
Later in the term we will be covering a unit aboutinformation
texts. This will be linked to an aspect of
our Creative Curriculum focus On Your Marks, Get Set,Go!
(related to the Olympics. We our sentence levelfocus will be
descriptive writing
Important Notes
SwimmingWe will be swimming every Tuesdaymorning until the end
of Term 4 (exceptnext week 17 th January). Children willneed a
swimming costume or swimmingshorts, a towel and a bag to put them
in.The swimming teachers will put childreninto groups according to
the amount ofswimming experience they have. We willbe going to
Canons Leisure Centre inMitcham.Reading and book bags . Please
continueto send your child to school with theirbook bag every day.
I encouragechildren to put all letters in their bookbag, this helps
prevent them from
getting lost between the classroom and your waiting hands!
Reading books willcontinue to be changed on a Wednesday.Please do
come and see me if you wouldlike to talk about home reading and
thebooks your child brings home. Continueto listen to your child
read, questionthem about the text and sign the reading
journal so we know that they have readtheir current book and are
ready for anew one.
Class Novel We are currently finishinga book by Michael Morpurgo
called Cool!
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Creative Curriculum(Geography, History, Art, DT).
On Your Marks, Get Set, Go!This school wide Curriculum focus is
based on theOlympics. In Year 3 we have chosen to compare the
Olympics and Paralympics, as well as learn aboutcountries around
the world, and how their climate andlandscape affects the sports
they excel in. We will befocussing more on Geography and Art as
History and DT were covered more last Term.
RE The history and layout of the BibleOutdoor PE Striking Games
(plus trying out one or twoOlympics sports).Indoor PE there is no
Indoor PE this term, we are doingswimming instead.
Spanish is still on Wednesdays with Mrs Laing.
Science. The science focus this term will be Rocks andSoils. I
am pleased that we can link this topic to ourgeography focus about
the climate and landscape ofdifferent countries around the world. I
am also hopingto do some work on volcanoes and fossils.
PHSCE Our School collective worship focus is based onthe 7
Olympic and Paralympic values. We will befocussing on these during
PHSCE this year. We will alsobe using the SEAL unit Going For Goals
to complimentthe work on values and striving to be the best we can
be.
Year Three Timetable Term 3 2011-128:50-9.25
Lesson 1:9:30-10:40
10:40 11:15
Lesson 211:15 - 12:30
12:30 1:30
Lesson 31:30 2:30
Lesson 42:30 3:30
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Numeracy
10.40-11.00Assembly
11.10-11.15Playtime
Literacy
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Creative Curriculum(inc ICT)
T u e s
Numeracy
10.4011.00Assembly
11.00-11.15Playtime
SwimmingLiteracy PHSCE
W e d
Numeracy
10.4011.00Assembly
11.00-11.15Playtime
Literacy HandwritingSpanis
h Science
T h u r s Times tables challenge
and Numeracy
10.40-11.00Assembly
11.0011:15Playtime
LiteracyCreative Curriculum Science
F r i
Numeracy
10.40-11.00Assembly
11.0011.15Playtime
Spelling test andLiteracy based RE Musictrax Outdoor PE
Outdoor PE will be on FridayAfternoons. It is cold this term
soplease make sure your child hastracksuit bottoms as well as their
bluePE T-shirt and a pair of trainers.Homework Homework will be set
each
Friday and is due back the followingWednesday. It can be
returned earlierif completed. A number of children havenot been
bringing back their homeworkon time. Please encourage your child
tobring their homework back on time aswell as take an interest the
work theyare given and supervise them when theyare doing it, giving
lots of positivepraise.
Spellings Spellings tests are on Fridays.
Punctuality - Punctuality continues tobe a problem in year
three. Please makeevery effort to ensure your child is ontime for
school.
PPA Arrangements for Term 3- MrsLone will continue to take the
classduring my PPA time on Fridayafternoons. She will supervise the
classduring Musictrax and teach Outdoor PE.
